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The Cancer-Causing Chemical You're Eating Every Day
- tokenadult 15y agoWikipedia is back up, and its article on the chemical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_iodide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_iodide has some back-and-forth about the occurrence of the chemical in nature, and about what evidence has been brought forth about the balance of risks and benefits from using this chemical as a pesticide. An EPA document from the year 2000 has some additional information, sourced to another organization, http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/methylio.html http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/methylio.html and an op-ed from a California newspaper http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/31/3804625/stop-crying-wolf-methyl-iodides.html http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/31/3804625/stop-crying-wolf-me... comments from the point of view of farmers there.